Bill > S1186

This bill, the Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2023, aims to restrict the President's authority to order a first-use nuclear strike without a declaration of war from Congress. The bill finds that the Constitution gives Congress the sole power to declare war, and that a first-use nuclear strike would constitute a major act of war. The bill prohibits the use of federal funds to conduct a first-use nuclear strike unless it is authorized by a war declared by Congress. It defines a "first-use nuclear strike" as an attack using nuclear weapons against an enemy that is not in response to a nuclear strike against the United States, its territories, or its allies.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1186/all-info